schwerelos

[ˈʃveːʁəˌloːs]

/[ˈʃveːʁəˌloːs]/ adj

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The verdict

“schwerelos” is uncommon German (frequency #61,917 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,917
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ohne Schwerkraft; keiner Schwerkraft unterworfen

Corpus desk

Index DE-schwerelos · schwerelos · German

schwerelos · rank #61,917 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,917
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Schwanzes

Nearest frequency peer: Schwanzes (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „schwerelos“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „schwerelos“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for schwerelos
PropertyValue
Headwordschwerelos
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈʃveːʁəˌloːs]
Letters10
Frequency rank#61,917
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „schwerelos“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).schwerelosfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Schwanzes“ (#61,916), „Schwerpunktthema“ (#61,918), „schwankend“ (#61,915). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „schwerelos“ bei #61,917. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

schwerelos is uncommon German at frequency #61,917 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʃveːʁəˌloːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ohne Schwerkraft; keiner Schwerkraft unterworfen".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for schwerelos, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is schwerelos, spelled S-C-H-W-E-R-E-L-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    ohne Schwerkraft; keiner Schwerkraft unterworfen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how schwerelos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Völlig losgelöst von der Erde, schwerelos schwebend – den blauen Planeten von weit oben zu betrachten, ist für fast jeden ein Traum.“

This word in other languages

weightless(English)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "schwerelos"?
"schwerelos" is spelled S-C-H-W-E-R-E-L-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈʃveːʁəˌloːs].
What does "schwerelos" mean?
As an adjective, "schwerelos" means: ohne Schwerkraft; keiner Schwerkraft unterworfen
How do you pronounce "schwerelos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "schwerelos" is [ˈʃveːʁəˌloːs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "schwerelos" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "schwerelos", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

schwankend#61,915separation#61,925Schnellzug#61,904Sitzgruppe#61,934

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list